The USG + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI) is a quarterly economic index designed to gauge the outlook for, and resulting confidence in, the commercial construction industry.

Recognizing a need to highlight the important contributions of this sector to the nation’s economy, USG Corporation and the U.S. Chamber partnered to produce this first-of-its-kind index.

Each quarter, contractors across the country are surveyed in order to better understand their levels of confidence in the industry and top-of-mind concerns.

In Q4, contractors in the U.S. commercial construction industry report ongoing optimism about the current state and forward-looking health of the sector.

Minor changes are evident in the key indicators used to compute the USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI)—backlog levels, new business opportunities and revenue expectations—but contractor beliefs about revenue forecasts are the only driver of confidence that rose this quarter.

U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue opened the U.S. Chamber’s annual infrastructure summit today by outlining the clear need for infrastructure modernization and calling on Congress to seek a bipartisan way forward on the issue.

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